Filmakers - Ethnomusicology

Ethnomusicology

21 film(s) found

	Africa I Remember A black musician and composer bridges two cultures: West African music with roots in the 13th century and classical European music. more »
	Bali Beyond The Postcard Art and everyday life come together in this intimate story about a Balinese family whose gamelan music and Legong dance tradition span four generations. more »
	Celestial Dance This richly photographed film shows a special ceremony performed in a remote village in northern Bali to purify the village. Two young girls dance and chant in accordance with strict Balinese traditions. more »
	Compañeras This lively film follows a group of Latina musicians as they break the gender barrier to perform mariachi music in America. more »
	Dance and Trance of Balinese Children Combining footage taken by Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson over fifty years ago with footage shot today, this delightful video shows how the tradition of teaching Balinese children to dance is being passed on. more »
	A Dance the Gods Yearn to Witness This beautiful film introduces Bharata Natyam dance, a classical Hindu dance form which originated thousands of years ago. Interwoven with the performance are explanations of the history and tradition of this art form. more »
	Dancing Through Death The film takes us back to the murderous years of Pol Pot (1975-79) when 90 percent of the Cambodian dancers were executed or died of starvation or disease. It shows how several surviving dancers train a new generation to continue their tradition. more »
	A Griot's Story An African drummer in Burkina Faso maintains the musical tradition of his ancestors and passes it on to his son. more »
	I Named Her Angel The film follows a 12 -year-old Turkish girl, who undertakes the spiritual and physical training to learn ritual whirling, as done by the Whirling Dervishes. more »
	Inca Music, Journeys and Rituals Two Peruvian musicians journey into the rainforest to preserve the traditional tribal music and instruments before they vanish completely. (more) more »
	Karoo Kitaar Blues Karoo Kitaar Blues follows South African songwriter David Kramer and slide guitarist Hannes Coetzee into remote regions of South Africa on their quest to find musicians who play an almost forgotten folk music. This music has probably evolved in much the same way as the Afrikaans language that the musicians speak a blend of indigenous and colonial influences. more »
	Languages Lost and Found Languages Lost and Found is uniquely thought provoking for those who take their language for granted. It will be a resource for courses in anthropology, communication, ethnomusicology, and the humanities in general. more »
	A Little for My Heart and A Little for My God The meddahatts are women musicians who perform for other women in Algeria. Many are widowed or divorced and have fallen on hard times. Only a woman filmmaker could have penetrated this closed environment and captured on film such a spontaneous portrait. more »
	The Musical Steppes of Mongolia Alain Desjacques, a well-known ethnomusicologist, takes us on a pilgrimage to find and record the best traditional musicians on the rugged, remote steppes of Mongolia. more »
	Rasinah: The Enchanted Mask Watching the lithe, expressive movements of Javanese masked dancer Rasinah, one would never believe a 72-year old woman is behind the mask! She is a master of an ancient form of mask dance called Topeng Cirebon, which originated in West Java, Indonesia. This colorful documentary shows the history, function and meaning of these masked dances. more »
	Samba! Reflections of Africa in Brazilian Culture This lively film goes behind the scenes of the samba and carnival world in Rio de Janeiro to reveal how the cultural clash of the African/Black and European/White cultures gave birth to a new tradition. more »
	Sax Country The colorful film portrays the musicians of a mountainous region in the Peruvian Andes who have adopted saxophone music from New York's big band era. Dressed in sharp suits and fedoras from the 40s and 50s they blend divergent cultures as they play for village celebrations. more »
	Singing Between Two Worlds A warm portrait of one of the most revered musical families in India, in which the cherished tradition of dhrupad vocal music is passed on from father to son. It presents for the first time on film an in-depth look at the musical training fundamental to this special music. more »
	The Sunrise Dance This highly visual documentary shows an ancient, sacred Apache coming of age ceremony that marks the passage to womanhood of Apache young women. more »
	Yiddish Soul This charming film documents the revival and popularity of Yiddish music in today's Europe. It is now considered "world music" and has become the passion of a new generation of artists both Jewish and non-Jewish. more »
	Concert Yiddish Soul This charming film documents the revival and popularity of Yiddish music in today's Europe. It is now considered "world music" and has become the passion of a new generation of artists both Jewish and non-Jewish. more »